Posts Tagged ‘50p rate’

First impressions of the Budget, as Ed Miliband burbles on. Some very sensible tweaks and trims from George Osborne – the video game tax credit I called for a while back, some crackdowns on tax ...
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Quite an interesting story from Sam Coates at The Times (£) – he reports that if George Osborne has decided to cut the 50p rate of tax, either to 40p or to 45p, Labour will not commit to raisi...
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Twelve years ago, on a Sunday morning TV show, Tony Blair announced, without telling anyone in advance, that the United Kingdom would increase healthcare spending to match the EU average. At a private...
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I took the Chancellor to task in my morning briefing email (sign up here while supplies last, it's free and faster than Waugh's) about the way the Budget run-up has become so chaotic. Specifically, I ...
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For days – weeks even – the headlines have been dominated by Lib Dems talking about tax. Specifically, about wanting to put taxes up. Nick Clegg used his Saturday interview with the Telegr...
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Apart from the anecdote about the Russian oligarch trying to buy a megabucks house for his cleaner, and the dig at unnamed big names who rail against tax avoidance but use all manner of tricks to dimi...
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Dr Liam Fox's eruption into print this morning will cheer those on the Right pressing the Chancellor to be a bit more audacious in preparing his Budget. His tonic for curing the ailing patient that is...
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In our splash this morning, we report that David Cameron and George Osborne have finally ruled out cutting the 50p rate of tax in this parliament. The long-awaited report from HMRC, which had been exp...
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Vince Cable trailed one of his pet projects in the Sunday Times yesterday: restraint on executive pay. The idea chimed with the wider theme of the day mapped out by Nick Clegg on Marr, namely that how...
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Danny Alexander has made things a lot more difficult for George Osborne. There's the small matter of the insult – describing those who want rid of the 50p rate (not just Boris and Lord Lamont bu...
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